Category: Random

>It is not very often that I wake up these days that I do not find myself actually voicing thanks for something that has occurred in my life. One day last week, I even found myself giving audible thanks for having hit a freak dip in the road which caused $426.29 (at least) damage to…

>Am wondering (not out loud this time) if being a part of the public school system is the place for me. Why do I wonder? The expectations of teachers and students, at best, are questionable, and I am beginning to see that if the parents are not educated — as parents and as educators themselves…

>i lifted a bunch of weights on thursday and have had a wretched kink in the muscle in between my shoulders which apparently is the muscle in the body that controls every other part of the body as i have been experiencing a tremendous amount of pain ever since in my neck, arm and shoulder.…

>so, we are one week into school (plus a few days), and the adventures continue to build. one day last week, one of the Hispanic parents looked at me as I was speaking in Spanish to the class, and she said, “Are you Mexican?”. Needless to say, I had to restrain myself from jumping up…

i thought the swiss were supposed to be neutral. if so, why does a swiss army even exist? and why do they make so darn many knives? these are the things that occur to me while waiting for prescriptions to be filled (non-psychotropic drugs, by the way) at the Walgreen’s. drifting up and down the…

>what it is like to have a crush on someone. i forgot about boy time and girl time. and how i could smile in my sleep. i forgot about the actual chemical changes that take place in our bodies when we are intrigued by someone. and how even those changes can be amplified when we…

>this weekend, i attended the 12th birthday party of my first niece. we spent the day at a water park in western louisiana. i, thankfully, got one of the not-so-coveted non-swimmer’s tickets, which was a good thing because i deliberately did not wear or even pack a swimsuit. did not sound fun to me. i…

>i wrote earlier this evening, but after i was finished, i chatted online with my cousin, who is awaiting security clearance to go overseas and do one of those jobs that none of us knows exists but we all reap potential rewards from one day. i would say more, but i do not think it…

>what time it is? the past week and a half has been filled with teacher training and workshops and all manner of thrills. today, i spent three hours being instructed on how to send an email. not a joke. well, actually, i was writing letters and sending and receiving text messages, which i think proves…

>One of the best dinner parties ever…San Miguel de Allende July 21, 2004.